Stories about Russian from August, 2008
Georgia War: Consequences for Russia
Lj user lemantar enumerates (RUS) various consequences for Russia of the war with Georgia from a Belarusian perspective.
Georgia War: Following the Oil Lead
LJ user ve4nosti_sluga comments (RUS) on an op ed in the Washington Post and analyses the argument that the struggle control over energy played a role in the Russo-Georgian war,...
Georgia War: Critique of Russian “state propaganda”
LJ user beri_llii criticises (RUS) alleged Russian state propaganda during the conflict with Georgia and reviews some examples of lacking media objectivity and professionalism.
Georgia War: World Record in Genocide?
LJ user tulskiy reflects (RUS) on the 2,000 Ossetians that Russia claims Georgia killed as an act of genocide during recent conflict, puts the figure in proportion to the entire...
Ukraine: Dual Citizenship Check Due to Georgian War?
LJ user scherbin notes (RUS) that the chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament national security committee has proposed that authorities should check which people in the country has dual citizenship –...
Georgia, Russia: Political Spam
Tbilisi-based LJ user shupaka (Diana Petriashvili) has been getting lots of political spam on her ICQ account and a Russian social networking site she's a member of. Here's the most...
Georgia War: Number of Dead in Tshkhinvali
Zhivye zapiski Antona Nosika comments on (RUS) the various figures – from tens to thousands – of casualties in Tshkhinvali, given by Russian officials.
Russia-Georgia: Why Volunteer “Peacekeepers”?
LJ user aghayev wonders (RUS) why civilian volunteer hotheads were allowed to take part in battle on the Russian side of the conflict, if it was – as Moscow alleges...
Georgia, Russia: “What's Next?”
Russian president Dmitry Medvedev announced the end of the so-called "peace enforcement" operation yesterday. LJ user varfolomeev66 asked this question on his blog: "What's next?"
Russia: Ingushetian Website Closure
LJ user kaloy comments on (RUS) a ruling by the Moscow City Court to close down the website ingushetiya.ru and its potential consequences for freedom of expression on the Internet.
Georgia War: US Loss in Georgian Gambit
LJ user saintrio presents (RUS) his views on the Russo-Georgian conflict and draws principal and historical parallels.
Georgia War: Russian Critique of Western Media Coverage
LJ user rusglory discusses (RUS) how Western media – from a Russian point of view – have been complicit to Georgia's information war and comments on pictures alllegedly illustrating his...
Georgia War: What Status for Russian Forces in Georgia?
LJ user dao_b asks (RUS) the potentially provocative question of what status the Russian forces in Georgia have: Peacekeepers when part in an armed conflict or occupiers?
Georgia War: Russian Blogger Reaction on the Conflict
LJ user pro_kuratora posts (RUS) a compilation of reactions from the Russian blogosphere on Russia's conflict with Georgia.
Georgia War: Is it all over now?
El pueblo unido jamás será vencido (Ilya Yashin) comments on (RUS) Russian president's, Dmitry Medvedev, order to Russian troops in Georgia to “end operations.” Is the war over now?
Georgia War: Russian Bureaucratization of Power
I ya upyus nedolgim schastiem… blames (RUS) the increasing power of bureaucrats or facilitators – koridornye – in Russia for the war with Georgia, when parties, politicians, and business are...
Georgia War: The Grief of Living With Conflict
LJ user herectus discusses (RUS) the difficulties of having to cope with the distrust of living with conflict as part of everyday life.
Russia: Threat Against Georgians in Russia
Suomalais-venäläinen kansalaisfoorumi relays a news report on plans by a Russian racist organization to attack Georgians living in Russia.
Georgia, Russia: Tbilisi Reports
Three bloggers who are currently in Tbilisi describe what life there has been like in the past few days. According to LJ user oleg_panfilov, everything is quiet in the Georgian capital this night, while tomorrow "there'll be plenty of politics," because presidents of Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland and Ukraine are expected to descend on the city.
South Ossetia: Russian blogger on foreign blog reactions
LJ user knup_ru [Russian] posts a few reactions by foreign bloggers on the ongoing conflict between Russia and Georgia.
South Ossetia: Russia Risks Losing the Initiative
LJ user malkolms [Russian] advocates for Russia to ignore a ceasefire with Georgia and going on to conquer Tbilisi and to depose Saakashvili before the West has a chance to...
